Officers said Dean Erlandson was arrested Sunday morning at his Winter Springs home. He is accused in a fight with his girlfriend.

Officers said Erlandson first held the woman down by her neck and told her they were both going to die.

Erlandson is accused of holding the woman at gunpoint, according to officers. The victim said she was able to run outside, but Erlandson followed her and threw her down on the ground in a neighbor's yard.

"They were out in the front yard, and he was grabbing a hold of her pinning her down and to the ground and just battering her," said Winter Springs Police Chief Kevin Brunelle.

Erlandson's girlfriend told police he became angry after seeing text messages from her ex-boyfriend on her phone. He told police, "I never touched her it was just a verbal argument," according to a report.

Erlandson works as a floater with the Seminole County Fire Department, meaning he rotates to various stations.

A judge ordered Erlandson to be held without bond. It was the same judge he faced three years ago on a battery charge after a fight with two men at a bar. He was given pre-trial diversion.

In August, he was arrested in Orlando and charged with beating a man unconscious in a parking garage. That trial is set for January.

Erlandson is charged with domestic battery, strangulation, aggravated assault and false imprisonment in connection with the incident over the weekend. He is on leave without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

Another hearing with will be held Tuesday so that Erlandson can have an attorney present.